Sweden 1676-HIH 2 ore

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from the Stack's Bowers February 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 11330
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This specimen was lot 11330 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for €408 (about US$425). The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Öre, 1676/5 - HIH. Landskrona Mint. NGC VF-25. Scarce mint with overstruck date 1676/5. From the L. E. Bruun Collection." This type is known from the Landskrone mint (shown here) and the Stockholm mint for 1664-69 and 1675-76. Eight öre made a mark and six mark made a riksdaler.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 1.76 g, 0.444 fine silver, 20.5 mm diameter, this specimen 1.50 g.

Catalog reference: KM-241.2; Delzanno-442; SM-258; Bruun-12345.

Sources:

  • Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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